[SOLVED] ISO verification in a different way (live session)

[Luke Johnson]

I'm verifying from a Mint live session. The Linux Mint site lists the following commands:

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cd
cd ISO
sha256sum -b *.iso

However, I had trouble getting the cd command to work, so I applied the Windows approach. I opened the terminal from the folder where I had downloaded the ISO and the verification files. Went smooth from there. Is there any reason to suspect this approach on the account of it not being mentioned in the official site? I'm pretty sure it's not, but I don't know a lot about this.

[JoeFootball]

... I had trouble getting the cd command to work

Did you ...

1. Create a directory called "ISO" in your home directory.
2. Move the ISO image you downloaded in this directory.
3. Download the following files (right-click -> Save As...) and move them into the "ISO" directory.

... as the directions say?

Is there any reason to suspect this approach on the account of it not being mentioned in the official site?

No, as long as you get to a directory where the files are, it's the same.

[Luke Johnson]

Did you ...

I created a folder named MATE, and then tried cd MATE, but it still said that the folder doesn't exist.
I didn't give this too much thought, because this is a live session and this is on my SSD drive. I figured this can't be the same situation as when Mint is installed.

[JoeFootball]

... this is a live session and this is on my SSD drive. I figured this can't be the same situation as when Mint is installed.

That would indeed be different, as the cd command would need the path to the SSD in the live session. Regardless, your solution works as well.

[ThaCrip]

right click the folder where you downloaded the ISO to and select 'open in terminal'. then you can do the sha256sum hash stuff etc. for example...

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sha256sum linuxmint-20.2-mate-64bit.iso

then it will spit out the hash which you can then compare to the official Mint v20.2 ISO hashes which are...

034a6eb5e023526014d1b3d86e41ba19bc902a45060862353e7fe3311a8208a0 *linuxmint-20.2-cinnamon-64bit-edge.iso
50b833f1f093c029bfb7ba6148c9ce96619c01a83e92f35287983fbd62f26b01 *linuxmint-20.2-cinnamon-64bit.iso
6b71cbac79931296550187b82021d459174d67ce509d1f2c07a867059d84f4f4 *linuxmint-20.2-mate-64bit.iso
3ade2a59635a071c42e68721cbcd3a43b8e511b22a1c56b16b451448d440c613 *linuxmint-20.2-xfce-64bit.iso

p.s. although come to think of it... "*.iso" will probably work well and be easier to type.